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The World’s Strongest Electric Train, With 10,500HP of RAWR

5.8 seconds. That’s how fast an Re 620 electric locomotive can top 60 mph (100 km/h) from a standing start. Which is handy when one needs to pull 800 tons of freight through some of Europe’s highest peaks. Re 620 series of locomotives were built between 1975 and 1980 but are still a workhorse along…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola Sep 26 '11

Scientists use “dirt DNA” to gauge biodiversity

If you were asked to classify every species of vertebrate living in a given environmental niche, how would you go about doing it? For years, ecologists have risen to this task by resorting to brute force — tracking, trapping, and tagging individual animals to extrapolate species population data. But scientists have now shown that there…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Sep 26 '11

These Ants Terrorize Everything—Even Gadgets

It should first be stated that these ants aren’t just crazy, they’re scientifically crazy. Known as the Rasberry Crazy Ant, they’ve garnered a reputation in the US for moving in massive colonies and destroying everything in their path. And they’re spreading. The Crazy Ant got its name from the way it tends to run around…

Tech News Kwame Opam Sep 26 '11

Internet Laziness Enabler Seamless Buys MenuPages

Seamless, formerly SeamlessWeb, allows me to lie on my couch, corpselike, and have delicious food delivered directly to my door with a few clicks (or smartphone taps). Now they own MenuPages, and slothful America can order in even smarter. The recently designed Seamless already made it stupid-easy to get any meal at virtually any time…

Tech News Sam Biddle Sep 26 '11

Cat Scratch Turntable Is the Only Stupid Thingamajig That Actually Needs a USB Connection

If you have a cat, $23 and get easily amused, you should grab the Cat Scratch Turntable—a fake turntable with a rotating scratching pad that sadly can’t be connected to your iPod. [Suck UK via Oh Gizmo! via Wired]

Biology Jesus Diaz Sep 26 '11

One number unites anything that flies or swims

There are similarities in the way a bird flies through the air and a dolphin swims through the water. And yet how do you compare the flap of a butterfly to the enormous movement of a blue whale? The best way, it turns out, is with their respective Strouhal Numbers. It’s easy to figure what’s…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell Sep 26 '11

Make Your DSLR Movies Look Real Trippy With This Lens Kit

The advent of video-capable DSLRs has made it possible for more people to produce good looking videos on a tight budget. Lenses have played no small part in accomplishing that feat. Now, there’s an entire kit designed for this purpose. The Lensbaby Movie Maker’s Kit is designed for Canon DSLRs (like the 5D MKII, 60D,…

Tech News Adrian Covert Sep 26 '11

Being Elmo Is a Movie That Shows You the Man Behind the Puppet

Kevin Clash. You might not know who he is but every kid in America will recognize his work. He’s Elmo. Like the Elmo. Being Elmo is a documentary that takes a heartfelt look at Clash, Elmo, a lifelong dream and more. Watch the trailer, it looks ah-mazing. The film opens up on October 21st and…

Tech News Casey Chan Sep 26 '11

The Beautiful and Bizarre Dry Ice Pits of Mars

All around the Martian south pole, there are huge deposits of frozen carbon dioxide, better known as dry ice. In this image by NASA’s Mars Reconaissance Orbiter, we can see huge dry ice pits… and the mysterious walls that encircle them. At first glance, it may look like these pits are lined with gold, and…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins Sep 26 '11

Cell Service on the Subway Is a Good Thing, So Stop Your Damn Whining

Last week, we learned that New York City’s famed subway system would get texting, talking and internet, beginning a gradual cell service rollout across its stations, like the rest of the modern world. Many people are upset by this proposition. Those people need to shut up, please. https://gizmodo.com/cellphone-service-hitting-nyc-subways-to-both-delight-a-5843054 The comments on the NYT’s post say…

Tech News Sam Biddle Sep 26 '11

This Is the First Boeing Dreamliner to Enter Service

Rejoice, for Boeing has delivered its first 787 Dreamliner after three years of delay. It has been handed to All Nippon Airways yesterday and it’ll arrive to its base in Tokyo today. It will begin commercial flying on November 11. https://gizmodo.com/boeing-dreamliner-turns-into-nightmareliner-after-new-d-379003 The first line would be local, from Tokyo to Okayama-Hiroshima, presumably to get the…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Sep 26 '11

Biker’s Lung: The Newest Excuse to Avoid Exercise

A British study has concluded that people who ride their bikes to work may be inhaling 2.3 times more black carbon than those who walk. And you thought riding your bike was healthier. These black carbon particles, which are a biproduct of burning fuel, enter your lungs and then stay there causing a ton of…

Health Brent Rose Sep 26 '11

The Google-Powered, Digital Dead Sea Scrolls are a History Buff’s Dream

Five of the Dead Sea Scrolls—the world’s oldest biblical documents—are now viewable online as searchable, high-resolution images thanks to Google. Talk about some priceless Google Docs. The scrolls are available in the Israel Museum’s online collections just a year after the project started. Developed in partnership with Google the website allows users to dive into…

Tech News Mario Aguilar Sep 26 '11

Most Ludicrous Dinosaur TV Shows of All Time

Tonight, Steven Spielberg takes us back to the land of dinosaurs. How crazy will Terra Nova be? We’ll find out over the next few weeks. But it can’t possibly go as bonkers as some of television’s other dinosaur shows. Here are our picks for the most demented dinosaur-centric TV shows in history. Top image: Dinosaucers:…

Television Natalie Baaklini Sep 26 '11

A Million Virtual Monkeys Randomly Mashing Typewriters Have Almost Written Shakespeare

Jesse Anderson developed a program that simulated a few million virtual monkeys randomly mashing keys on virtual typewriters in an attempt to re-create Shakespeare. Amazingly, the monkeys (monkeys!) have managed to write 99.99% of Shakespeare’s poem, A Lover’s Complaint. Anderson created his virtual monkey experiment to prove the long standing saying of how an infinite…

Tech News Casey Chan Sep 26 '11

World’s biggest lightsaber battle looks like a giant rave

Star Wars fans from all over the East Coast crossed lightsabers at New York City’s Washington Square Park for what might be the world’s largest lightsaber battle. Newmindspace invited Jedi and Sith from all over to meet up at the NYC park, asking only that each participant choose either Jedi or Sith, and arranged a…

Movies Meredith Woerner Sep 26 '11

Does the NYPD Seriously Have Its Own Surface-to-Air Missiles?

New York City is serious about anti-terrorism efforts. It has to be. But did you know that the NYPD has its own anti-aircraft missiles? Commissioner Ray Kelly told 60 minutes last night that his counter-terrorism unit could take out an aircraft if it had to. Commissioner Kelly said that he wanted the city to be…

Tech News Kyle Wagner Sep 26 '11

This Cello Plays Sweet Music With the Power of Magnetism

I haven’t played a stringed instrument for half a decade, but something as magical as this could bring me back. See, hacker (and admitted non-musician) [magnetovore] crafted a cello that plays music with invisible magnetism instead of a traditional bow. And he didn’t just load samples onto the thing either. His magneto-cello produces sound with…

Tech News Kwame Opam Sep 26 '11

Full Color Berlin Looked Great In 1936—Except for the Bloody Red Flags

Perhaps it is because I’m used to see it in black and white, but it’s fascinating to see how incredibly modern Berlin looks in this color film from 1936. It was a beautiful city. Except for the bloody Nazis. You may want to turn off the music, as it made me want to invade Poland.…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Sep 26 '11

America’s Iran-Busting Cyber Bomb Was So Good It Looked Like an Alien Weapon

Despite no official confirmation by the Pentagon, it’s a very safe assumption that the US created the Stuxnet worm (with Israel’s help) to take Iran’s nuclear reactors offline. But when it was first discovered, it seemed too sophisticated for Earthlings. https://gizmodo.com/israels-dimona-nuclear-facility-splits-time-as-cyberwea-5734934 NPR spoke with German security expert Ralph Langner, who was the first in the…

Tech News Sam Biddle Sep 26 '11

The World’s Strongest Electric Train, With 10,500HP of RAWR

Scientists use “dirt DNA” to gauge biodiversity

These Ants Terrorize Everything—Even Gadgets

Internet Laziness Enabler Seamless Buys MenuPages

Cat Scratch Turntable Is the Only Stupid Thingamajig That Actually Needs a USB Connection

One number unites anything that flies or swims

Make Your DSLR Movies Look Real Trippy With This Lens Kit

Being Elmo Is a Movie That Shows You the Man Behind the Puppet

The Beautiful and Bizarre Dry Ice Pits of Mars

Cell Service on the Subway Is a Good Thing, So Stop Your Damn Whining

This Is the First Boeing Dreamliner to Enter Service

Biker’s Lung: The Newest Excuse to Avoid Exercise

The Google-Powered, Digital Dead Sea Scrolls are a History Buff’s Dream

Most Ludicrous Dinosaur TV Shows of All Time

A Million Virtual Monkeys Randomly Mashing Typewriters Have Almost Written Shakespeare

World’s biggest lightsaber battle looks like a giant rave

Does the NYPD Seriously Have Its Own Surface-to-Air Missiles?

This Cello Plays Sweet Music With the Power of Magnetism

Full Color Berlin Looked Great In 1936—Except for the Bloody Red Flags

America’s Iran-Busting Cyber Bomb Was So Good It Looked Like an Alien Weapon

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